Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025

[TornadoFan]

Tornado warning for the Higgins storm.

 

[Maxis_s]

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Anticyclonic shenanigans perhaps?

Yup.

 

[Kds86z]

Tornado warning for the Higgins storm.

First tornado warning today out of OUN

 

[Tanner]

Activity seems to be picking up quite fast now.

 

[Schoeppeya]

You’ve had almost 5k J/kg of cape sitting there since a little past noon today. Kansas still has plenty of CIN and not nearly that much cape. It’s going to take a dues ex machina from the LLJ to turn it more favorable.

If storms went off the dryline in Kansas right now they’d slam right into that inversion.

That corridor was very narrow earlier this afternoon. Here’s the theta-e two hours apart. It’s modified considerably.

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

 

[snostorm21]

 

[Ozonelayer]

So they excpect intense to violent tornadoes out of it? I agree with them but wow I do not like where its headed.

 

[Kds86z]

Activity seems to be picking up quite fast now.

Yep

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

So they excpect intense to violent tornadoes out of it? I agree with them but wow I do not like where its headed.

Given the VTP in the area it makes sense, and yeah agreed on the trajectory

 

[zath]

Looks like a possible strong anti-cyclonic tornado southwest of Saint Francis, KS.

 

[Tennie]

Our vert own @Matt Grantham has a view on the wall cloud south of Higgins, TX. Here's his stream:

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[WhirlingWx]

Looks like a possible strong anti-cyclonic tornado southwest of Saint Francis, KS.

 

[TornadoFan]

 

[Maxis_s]

Looks like a possible strong anti-cyclonic tornado southwest of Saint Francis, KS.

Also a likely (cyclonic) tornado on the storm just south of that one

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

Congrats to the OKC mets who didn't have to cut into the Thunder game to cover a tornado warning, now they might have the storm of the day so far

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

 

[TornadoFan]

 

[Ozonelayer]

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Funnel!

 

[AJS]

That Higgins storm is ramping up.